Cambodia 2010

To Our Dear Friends and Family:

We want to extend our warmest heart and thanks for your love and support as we head to Cambodia to be a part of what God is doing to redeem the heartache that has resulted from the freewill sin of man.

As many of you know, in the mid 1970's, the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Pol Pot perpetrated unimaginable atrocities against their people. In their quest for utopia without God, the perfect communal society predicated upon the goodness of man, the subtle pride of man-- fueled by a strong conviction of right and wrong (devoid of God or His love), and their misplaced confidence in their ability to bring about a wonderful world based upon the good in their hearts-- led to the subsequent slaughter of ~1.5 - 2 million men, women, children, and babies as their pride spiraled out of control. Fear, starvation, and torture became the reality for countless others. Because ~1/5th of the population was killed-- including many teachers, engineers, doctors, artists, etc.-- even to this day, Cambodia has struggled to recover from this devastating blow. Many struggle to eke out enough to eat and live, and the ability to rebuild for the good of the people has been crippled by wholesale corruption. Trafficking of children as sex slaves is a very real reality as parents are forced to decide between the good of one of their children or having enough food for the rest of the family to eat. This is just a bit of the story of Cambodia. This is just a bit of all that God weeps over. This is just a bit of what God is seeking to redeem for the good of so many.

We will be going to walk alongside missionaries that we support in Cambodia, to aid in their ministries to the young and the orphaned, and to capture a growing vision for God, His heart, and all He hopes to do through us to bring life... good life... to the people of Southeast Asia and all over the world. In this endeavour, we cannot do it alone. We are weak. We are broken (but redeemed!). And we unashamedly ask for your help, for your prayers, for your sacrifice... because this isn't a small team of crazy people going, this is all of us going. We are simply the hands and feet of God's church, going where others in this body of His church at Cornerstone cannot go. So please join us in one heart, with one effort, as one voice... not because we are supposed to or should, not because we get anything out of it or because we are super pious or spiritual, but just because God cares. Because when we step out with what little we have, God "wins". His Kingdom "wins". And people who find life through Christ "win"... forever

With Much Love,

The 2010 Cambodia Missions Team